nicolae wrote:Gibbering schismatic A constantly shifting mass of flesh, covered in mouths of all shapes and sizes, constantly howling and wailing and babbling in a thousand blasphemous tongues. It proclaims the death of all things and the end of all gods with undeniable clarity. Its words of nihilism and decay are anathema to all those who do not already worship Lugonu and know them already, and its terrible gospel will most affect those who are already well-devoted to other gods.
TL;DR "Lugonu Recite", which effects listeners with various effects after having the cold hard truths of the universe laid bare for them: slow, paralyse, confuse, int drain, MP drain, agony, etc. The sort of things you might expect might happen to a Lovecraft protagonist who learned too much. The effects get worse the more piety you have, and even the godless suffer some effects. Only followers of Lugonu are immune (though having good MR helps a lot too). The gibbering schismatic also has several bite attacks, which can rot, poison, and corrode.
Nice, I like it.
How about adding a new monster type as it's follower:
Corrupted FollowerBasically a "corrupted" version of a follower of any of the gods opposed to Lugonu. It's base type is human, and it can be one of these variations:
1. Corrupted paladin, wielding a good one-handed holy OR distortion weapon (flavor-wise, this is a paladin who had previously blessed his weapon, and MIGHT choose to distortion-brand it after converting to Lugonu), wielding a shield, but doesn't have a holy aura (since he's not a paladin anymore);
2. Corrupted warlord, wielding a powerful two-handed weapon (any brand would do EXCEPT anti-magic), a good longbow or crossbow, and wearing heavy armour;
3. Corrupted berserker, wielding a powerful two-handed anti-magic OR distortion weapon (similar to corrupted paladin) and wearing good armour (basically less AC than corrupted warlord but more EV);
3. Corrupted sorcerer, with a powerful set of spells;
4. Corrupted healer, that doesn't have any healing abilities, since he abandoned Elyvilon (this one might look like a joke creature compared to the others on this list, but since a healer usually has high Invo, it might still be dangerous (more explanation below));
5. Corrupted lich (an ex-follower of Kiku), with a decent (weaker than corrupted sorcerer) set of spells, a good pain OR distortion branded weapon (again, similar to corrupted paladin), and is an undead;
6. Corrupted gambler, with a decent weapon and (more importantly) a deck of cards (I don't know if this is possible to implement, lol);
7. etc.
Each of the corrupted follower type also has a unique set of abilities that reflects it's status as a Lugonu follower (Bend Space, banishment, etc like Abyssal Knight, or we can create new ones). In the case of corrupted healer, since a healer is likely to have very high Invo, it could use the abilities more powerfully than any other corrupted follower types.
***EXTRA PROPOSAL***
We can spice up the idea a little bit. Whenever the player encounters a band of Gibbering Schismatic and it's Corrupted Followers, there's a chance that a random god (other than Lugonu) interferes and sends a help of some kind. Could be a friendly temporal summon (orc warlord if Okawaru, deep elf annihilator if vehumet, etc), a consumable item (potion of berserk rage if Trog, etc), or anything.